Analysis of a force-based quasicontinuum approximation

Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-139

  Dobson, Matthew ^a   Luskin, Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomistic to continuum; Ghost force; Quasicontinuum

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849128334     PISSN: 0764583X     EISSN: 12903841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/m2an:2007058     Document Type: Article

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